On June 2, 2025 the Rainier Institute, a local research and think tank hosted a panel discussion on the future of U.S.-China relations, featuring Congressman Adam Smith and Professor David Bachman, University of Washington. With Trump 2.0, U.S.-China relations face new challenges, tensions, and geopolitical shifts.
Prior to the panel, Bachman spoke with Nick Tselikov of the Rainier Institute. Read the full interview in the link below.
The Rainier Institute for Foreign Affairs (RI) is a bipartisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit foreign policy research organization based in Seattle Washington. The RI has three areas of research: security & diplomacy, human rights & development, and business & economics. In particular, the RI focuses on foreign policy on a subnational level that is underrepresented in the mission of major think tanks. This includes the foreign relations of Washington state with other countries.